Person Sargent; Wallace Leslie William (1935 - 2012) Sargent Wallace Leslie William 1935 - 2012 British Male Elsham, Lincolnshire 15/02/1935 19350215 29/10/2012 20121029

Astronomical spectroscopy Education: Scunthorpe Technical High School; Manchester University, to read physics (1953-6), Ph.D. in Astrophysics in under two years under F D Kahn. Career; Recruited by Caltech as a research fellow in Astronomy. Returned to Britain in 1962 as senior research fellow, Royal Greenwich Observatory (1962-4); Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Caltech, 1964-1970, full professor there in 1971, and Ira S Bowen Professor of Astronomy in 1981. Executive Officer of Astronomy or Caltech 1975-1981, and 1996-1997. Director of Palomar Observatory 1997-2000. Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977. Elected to the American National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Asteroid 11758 Sargent was named in his honour in 2006. Married Anneila Cassells, a Scottish born astronomer who also became a professor of astronomy at Caltech, director of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory and president of the American Astronomical Society, and vice president at Caltech for student affairs in 1964. Two daughters. Fellow 19/03/1981 46 Obituary The Telegraph, 7 January 2013 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 15 Feb 1935 - 29 Oct 2012 NA3969 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/181766110 261fa1d8-496a-4c3c-a5d9-b29b3af7c831